December 2010
3 posts
“Those who say it cannot be done shouldn’t interrupt the people doing it.”
– Chinese Proverb (via stuff-to-think-about)
“I called it quits at Google three weeks ago so I could help web users better...”
– Brian Kennish, a former Googler, who quit to build browser plug-ins to block tracking by Google and other entities. (via dbreunig)
Books After Amazon →
What happens when an industry concerned with the production of culture is beholden to a company with the sole goal of underselling competitors? Amazon is indisputably the king of books, but the issue remains, as Charlie Winton, CEO of the independent publisher Counterpoint Press puts it, “what kind of king they’re going to be.” A vital publishing industry must be able take chances with new...